"That is what happened to me in my career. You learn there is no time to relax. To come to Stoke and play like we did is one thing, but if we go to Exeter [for Friday night's FA Cup third round tie] and think it is going to be easy, then we will find ourselves in a tough game.

"We need that team spirit in every game. If you think you are going to win easily, then you have no chance because this is a very difficult league -- anybody can win.

"We lost that game [at West Ham] because there was less commitment but at Stoke we showed great fighting spirit."